The colour theory.

When creating a makeup look the colour theory can be applied to a more classical look as it tells you what colours compliment eachother.
The color theory is a theory that many creatives use today to help create their work. The colour wheel is a device that was invented by Isaac newton in  1666. It was based on the three primary colours red,yellow and blue. It has since then been developed further by scientists and artists.

Primary colours.
Primary colours (red,yellow,blue) are the colours that we mix together to create a secondary colour (orange,green,purple) you then mix these to a primary colour or to the same colour group to create a tertiary colour such as browns and greys. You can then make a colour look cold or warm by adding tints (white) , shades (black) and tones (grey).

Color harmony.
Color harmony is visually pleasing and creates a good sense of balance to the eye. When colours do not harmonious it can often not look eye catching.

Color harmony formulas.
Analogous colours are any three colours that are adjacent to each other on the colour wheel (yellow,orange,green).

Complementary colours.
 Complementary colors are colours that are opposite each other on the colour wheel (green, red) creating stability to the eye.

 The colour theory is extremely important to makeup artists as it allows us to understand colour selection. To understand colour theory we have been given a Pat Mcgrath creation from a John Galliano show, the image was in black and white and the idea was to guess what the colours were and to recreate the look on ourselves.

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As you an see I guessed similar colours except different shades of blue instead of yellow. Although I found it hard to get the shape as I am guessing they used a stencil to get the perfect shape.

This can be used when planning shoots for our brand as the brands makeup designer will consider certain colours depending on the season and collection so it will be interesting to see how they differ.